The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-10-27
THE NEGRoE5 ARE TERRoRIzED,

don't the negroes of Kentucky move
over into Ono? Why don't the negroes
of Missouri and Arkansas cross the
State line into the Northern States and
those Mississippi and Louisiana emf
CRATE, if they are so terribly maltreated
Statistics show that thousands of them
i'll the south own homes, own real
estate and are prOspering, and how
could the negroes have farms, raise
stock and prosper if they were treated
in this mannerI No, my friends, that
won't do. appeal to you to set your
face against this sectional feeling.
What the Republican party wants TO
do is to quit working to perpetuate a
solid nOrJh, and the solid south will
dissolve itself. AS | said before, once
| there were few Democratic States in
the south, but now 1t is solid. They
can put an end to this, but they don't
want to. They desire to keep "a solid
south, and with solid north rule the
Democrats OF both sections.
81 want to say few more words but
am getting exhausted, was pretty
Wlndeu once, but am pretty old nOW.'
These words We're uttered while the
old Roman was refreshing himself from
his famous snuff box. Continuing he
SAID: Il want to urge you to guard
carefully your love and
RESPECT FOR YOUR CONSTITUTION.
Our forefathers placed great reliance
upon it, but we have found by expert
ence that even the plalneSt language OF
written constitution is not adequate
to protect the people. The COnsUruc-
tion put upon many parts OF the consti-
| tuition is now very different from what
it was when | was a boy. There are
men who believe that congress can do
anything it pleases. Gentlemen let
TINS idea prevail and what will become
of home rule? BY what law does your
children inherit your prOperty2 BY
what law do you secure redress when
assailed2 | repeat, let this idea prevail
and this local f-gOVernment you
have may be invaded and ruined. |
want to say something about taxation.
Taxes must be levied TO supply means
for maintaining the government, but
how shall these taxes be levied is a
question on which men differ and there
are two modes Of levying taxes direct
and indirect. Your general govern
ment is carried on partly by the aid OF
direct taxes but more largely by indirect
taxes levied by tariff laws, fora tariff
is tax. 1t is proper that property
which is protected by the government
should be taxed. The indlrect taxes
are paid by the consumer. For in
stance, an importer buys i'll England
| 300 worth OF cloth and at the custom
house pays tariff or tax of $40. When
he sells mat cloth to the merchant i'll
Kenton of course he adds that $4O to 1t
ana When that merchant sells the cloth
to you you then pay the tax put upon II
| by the custom house officials. / am
not going to say that the tariff Will OF
ought to be abolished, but the present
TARIFF SYSTEM is INDUSTRIOUS
! and should be reformed. When we
thus tax consumption it generally falls
| harder on the man who has no proper
| ty. And then when taxes are levied
directly every dollar goes into the treas
ury, but when collected indirectly the
effect is to raise the price of commOdl-
ties, for when the manufacturer OF New
| England, by reason of the tariff. can
add 40 per cent. to the price OF his
goods he can frequently put every cent
of tn vt amount in his own pocket. l
know of nobody who advocates free
trade but | do know that our people
are growing restless under the present
tariff, which taxes over 1000 articles
consumed by our people. The proper
idea is to tax property and exempt
| labor, because if man has nothing but
his labor it is taking from him his very
lifehood. Applause.
| will tell you one thing, l am not in
favor.of raising the money to run this
| government by
PILING UP TAXES ON LAND.
Prolonged applause.l l would like to
say more about this tax question, but
must leave it. l tell you one thing,
however, if the government does not
quit piling up money at the rate of
$l00OO0OU0 per year we will soon have
| to be trading coon skins to get our
bread. lApplause.] And there is moth
ing more corrupting than this condition
of affairs. 1t leads to all sorts of
schemes in Congress for its expenditure.
| also intended to say something about
the public lands but will net have time,
| have said something about Tom Pow
ell and there is another man want to
say something about, and that man is
Grover Cleveland. Applause.l Now,
nv friends, have seen a great many
Presidents in my day and have read the
history of all of them and on my honor
| as q man,
BOUND TO TELL THE TRUTH,
\ a more honest, braver, truer man never
filled the presidential chair. [Tremend-
GUS cheering and waving of hats and
red bandanas.1 1t was said that if he
| -, oIoo+ad thn on1,nt1,yr would ha rt1iDnd
but even John Sherman must say that
the sun still shines, the rain still falls
and the corn still grows. Applause.
He has proven himself to be a man OF
more ability than many of us supposed.
He possesses to a marked degree that
superior faculty of common sense-and
gains every day in the estimation of the
people, so much so that when his first
four years are up the people will say
you have done well with the trusts
placed in your hands. You have acted
wisely and now you can take your seat
for four years more Applause.]
IL am growing fatigued now and
must quit, but must say that the best
medicine have yet found was to attend
Democratic meeting and yet have
been confined to my room for month
past with rheumatism, but when
started for Kenton at every mile con
tinued to grow better, until this morn
ing when | went like young colt
(Applause.l This is probably
THE LAST POLITICAL SPEECH
l will ever make. / may live 10 gel
than l expect, however, and go - To-
ten years talking Democracy Il may
be the last speech / will ever make O
any kind and beseech you to stand by
! the principles laid down by Thomas
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